The Skill Ideas Thread

• Cide wrote on 2011-03-23 03:22

  Quote from Username;381269:

  Suffocation - Wind Alchemy
  :V Slowly Does damage over time till enemy is at 1HP
  Cooldown: 1 Hour
  35% Chance of hit Regardless at R1, %chance is reduced depending on boss
  Load time: 30 Seconds
  *This skill can only be used on tougher opponents, that have a Boss Type Enemys (Not CP based)
  Rank F: 5% Hit Chance
  Rank 1: 35% Hit Chance
  
  Damage works by more damage every hit, after every 3 seconds target takes 30 damage, then it goes up by one each time getting 'worse'
  Damage is only increased by Breeze Enchants and Hurricane Cylinder
  If target is attacked during this time with Suffocation is in effect, Suffocation Bubble will dissapear by a 90% chance, 10% chance to reduce the damage back to first damage hit.
  Crystal Making: 25 Wind Crystals and a 5% chance drop item that comes from all dungeons but Alby.

  
  
  that sounds like mirage missile only somehow much ****tier.
• Shanghai wrote on 2011-03-23 04:51

  Quote from OizenX;381506:

  Sprint(passive): Movement speed increases. (Humans only)
  ._.

  
  
  Toggle skill plox with a constant stamina drain plox. It only makes sense that way. ._.
• Oizen wrote on 2011-03-23 05:17

  Quote from Shanghai;381680:

  Toggle skill plox with a constant stamina drain plox. It only makes sense that way. ._.

  
  
  Not really.
  
  I mean, they decided to make the ranged race run really fast and give them the power of invisibility.
  
  Why would you think it would be balanced?
  I'm just tired of being slower then shadow warriors.
• Xemnas wrote on 2011-03-23 05:17

  Quote from Shanghai;381680:

  Toggle skill plox with a constant stamina drain plox. It only makes sense that way. ._.

  
  
  It'd probably be like the deer/dragon/ostrich boost skill.
  
  Just not as fast.
• Shanghai wrote on 2011-03-23 06:01

  Quote from OizenX;381704:

  Not really.
  
  I mean, they decided to make the ranged race run really fast and give them the power of invisibility.
  
  Why would you think it would be balanced?
  I'm just tired of being slower then shadow warriors.

  
  
  Because our characters already run normally. I mean, there's already a walk function. That means our characters are running all the time. ._. Sprinting causes you to expend more energy in running to run faster. I mean, I'm all for the idea(makes Mabinogi less mount-requiring), but it doesn't really make sense that you can run faster for a short time without expending any energy. Even if this is the Fantasy Life. owo
• Xemnas wrote on 2011-03-23 06:03

  Quote from Shanghai;381740:

  Because our characters already run normally. I mean, there's already a walk function. That means our characters are running all the time. ._.

  
  
  but humans are the slowest creatures next to zombies. Even mimics are faster.
• Shanghai wrote on 2011-03-23 06:05

  Quote from Xemnas;381742:

  but humans are the slowest creatures next to zombies. Even mimics are faster.

  
  
  Well then, I'm surprised the human race is still alive after all this time in Mabinogi.
• Cathaoir wrote on 2011-03-23 06:30

  Quote from OizenX;381704:

  Not really.
  
  I mean, they decided to make the ranged race run really fast and give them the power of invisibility.
  
  Why would you think it would be balanced?
  I'm just tired of being slower then shadow warriors.

  
  
  Elves are not supposed to get hit, therefore have to be more agile to be able to escape danger and and take their fight from afar not up close, which most humans end up being because of melee. Also note that elves cannot wear heavy armor because they need to be able to run fast.
• Iyasenu wrote on 2011-03-23 09:22
  Add on the ability to convert mythril in to gems, for Metal Conversion. :P
  And raise the cap on gem size from 10 to 100. That way, egos would get a bit easier to gem feed. But you'd have to rebalance those gem books. :\ like x10 gem size needed, maybe. :p
  
  
  Also I keep thinking of a Mana Siphoning skills, but I can't figure out how it'd work, since Fomors don't seem to run out of Mana...
  
  
  Oh well, maybe there could be a Heal Over Time buff spell. :p
  
  
  Also walking with any kind of playing instrument would be nice.
  
  Also a skill that lets you make or gather leather. Relying purely on drops is terrible.
• TropicalCat wrote on 2011-03-23 13:34
  Sulfur blast(Alchemy)
  the user sprays sulfiric gases at his/her enemies poisoning them for a set amount of time
  
  Magic Healing mastery(Magic) ~passive~
  this passive mastery add more to the healing effect while reducting mana usage while casting healing/party healing
• Loopster wrote on 2011-03-23 13:39

  Quote from Tropacat;381849:

  Sulfur blast(Alchemy)
  the user sprays sulfiric gases at his/her enemies poisoning them for a set amount of time
  
  Magic Healing mastery(Magic) ~passive~
  this passive mastery add more to the healing effect while reducting mana usage while casting healing/party healing

  
  
  I think that having rank F healing and rank F party healing would be needed for rank F and so on. Yes, if the training would be different then nobody wound rank healing, but only healing mastery!
  
  Cage Summon (Magic or Alchemy)
  Cage Summon would summon a cage, over head while trapping enemies in it for a certain amount of time, allowing you to shoot arrows, magic and alchemy in to kill them. Ranking it up allows you to have the cage summoned for a longer period of time and increases the size of the cage. After getting rank 5, you get "doors" to free teammates, which you can even turn off to make your run more challenging.
• Oizen wrote on 2011-03-23 13:45

  Quote from Cathaoir;381761:

  Elves are not supposed to get hit, therefore have to be more agile to be able to escape danger and and take their fight from afar not up close, which most humans end up being because of melee. Also note that elves cannot wear heavy armor because they need to be able to run fast.

  
  
  "not suppose to be hit"
  
  Well I'm an alchemist, and I don't think I'm suppose to be hit either.
  
  

  Quote from Shanghai;381740:

  Because our characters already run normally. I mean, there's already a walk function. That means our characters are running all the time. ._. Sprinting causes you to expend more energy in running to run faster. I mean, I'm all for the idea(makes Mabinogi less mount-requiring), but it doesn't really make sense that you can run faster for a short time without expending any energy. Even if this is the Fantasy Life. owo

  
  
  Then I'm pretty sure every human in this game wears leg braces.
  
  I mean really, when a living box can hobble faster then you can run, you're probably crippled.
• Cathaoir wrote on 2011-03-23 16:44

  Quote from OizenX;381853:

  "not suppose to be hit"
  
  Well I'm an alchemist, and I don't think I'm suppose to be hit either.

  
  
  Humans have access to more defense then elves do. As I mentioned they can wear heavy armor, even with passive defenses such as range and melee passive, as elves cannot. Anyways you have access to a 1 sec load time knockback skill, that never fails unless the opponent either has advanced heavy stander or uses evade(which is only possible in pvp). Also to add, you can use shields with a cylinder as opposed it's impossible for an archer of any type, human or elf, to use a sheild. So still a human alchemist can take better hits then an elf ranger even if both of them aren't supposed to take hits.
  
  *on topic*
  Rage(all combat, enabled to all races)
  Increases attack power, attack speed and movement speed for all combat. While in use, user constantly decreases health and stamina at a percentage rate. Cannot be canceled until all health and stamina is at 0. Cannot use pots while in rage. Increase in attack power and decrease in health/stamina drain when higher ranked. Regenerating skills such as awakening of light will slow the drain but not stop or regen.
• Cryosite wrote on 2011-03-23 17:00

  Quote from Sinned;381461:

  I always wondered what would be an interesting but balanced final ___ skill for giants, I came up with this.

  
  
  Giants have a "final" skill. It is called Wind Guard.
  
  

  Quote from Sinned;381461:

  And because I'm sick of range skills, specifically misshax elf range:
  
  Accuracy Mastery - Increases the likely hood of shots to hit targets that are closer to the user. At pointblank, with finish blinking, you cannot freaking miss 10 times at 99% which you still somehow do with this game.
  
  rF - 20% Max Increase of range skills hitting when enemies within a certain area close to the user
  r1 - 80%

  
  
  lol.
  
  

  Quote from Mentosftw;381467:

  Active Defense: It is passive defense but preloaded.
  
  Yup.

  
  
  We have that too. It's called the defense skill.
  
  

  Quote from OizenX;381506:

  Sprint(passive): Movement speed increases. (Humans only)
  ._.

  
  
  Did not quote all the individual messages on this subtopic but...
  
  Circular logic is circular. Elves can't wear heavy armor because they need to run fast and escape. Elves need to run fast and escape because they can't wear heavy armor.
  
  Elves run the same speed regardless wither they wear light armor, clothes, or are buck naked. Humans run the same speed regardless wither they wear heavy armor, light armor, clothes, or run around buck naked. Giants... you get the idea.
  
  Rather than a sprint style skill (which is itself still a good idea, more on that below) we need a complete overhaul of the running idea. Base it on some combination of strength/will stats and be modified by the weight of your equipment. Introduce magic/enchants that let you "lighten" your gear so you can run faster.
  
  @Sprint skill: apparently humans/other races can sprint, but only if there is an opponent at their destination (charge). Despite being slow, humans can apparently move faster (charge/assault slash/evasion) but not for the purpose of running away or simply getting to the grocery store before it closes. Overall I think a dash type of skill like ostriches and reindeer have would be nice. It would not be the first time players learned a skill from pets (play dead).
• Dracius wrote on 2011-03-23 20:41

  Quote from Cryosite;381942:

  Giants have a "final" skill. It is called Wind Guard.
  
  
  
  lol.
  
  
  
  We have that too. It's called the defense skill.
  
  
  
  Did not quote all the individual messages on this subtopic but...
  
  Circular logic is circular. Elves can't wear heavy armor because they need to run fast and escape. Elves need to run fast and escape because they can't wear heavy armor.
  
  Elves run the same speed regardless wither they wear light armor, clothes, or are buck naked. Humans run the same speed regardless wither they wear heavy armor, light armor, clothes, or run around buck naked. Giants... you get the idea.
  
  Rather than a sprint style skill (which is itself still a good idea, more on that below) we need a complete overhaul of the running idea. Base it on some combination of strength/will stats and be modified by the weight of your equipment. Introduce magic/enchants that let you "lighten" your gear so you can run faster.
  
  @Sprint skill: apparently humans/other races can sprint, but only if there is an opponent at their destination (charge). Despite being slow, humans can apparently move faster (charge/assault slash/evasion) but not for the purpose of running away or simply getting to the grocery store before it closes. Overall I think a dash type of skill like ostriches and reindeer have would be nice. It would not be the first time players learned a skill from pets (play dead).

  
  
  Okay, so you want Runescape-style running?
  
  No thank you.